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How does the West figure in the Union's political goals during the Civil War and Reconstruction? Does a small story tell only a unique one or does the story reflect broader trends, giving us a greater appreciation for the lived experiences of historical subjects on both a large and small scale? What landscapes from the past do we save? And what do we fail to preserve? The articles in this issue of The Journal of the Civil War Era grapple with such questions. Although there is no uniformity to the findings among such disparate articles and essays, they highlight the rewards of challenging accepted wisdom and raising one's gaze beyond familiar ground. Leading off this issue is Steven Hahn's Fortenbaugh Lecture that stresses the relation of the West to the South when examining the Civil War era. Begun in 1962, the lecture series, run by the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College and conducted on the anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, has featured the top practitioners of our profession. In this installment, Hahn argues for considering emancipation in the South and the destruction of Indian sovereignties in the Trans-Mississippi West as related projects for nation building. They represented,
The Journal of the Civil War Era – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Aug 1, 2013
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